Re: [PATCH v4 4/6] push doc: correct lies about how push refspecs work

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> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
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> > On Thu, Aug 30 2018, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> >
> > [Notes to self]
> > ...
> >
> > Later below this we say:
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> >     Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from the
> >     remote repository.
> >
> > Which, perhaps given the discussion of deletions as updates, should be
> > mentioned earlier in some way, i.e. should we just say above all these
> > rules that by "update" we mean non-deletions?
>
> You raised good points.  The rule that applies to deletion is quite
> different from the one for update, we want to make sure readers know
> updates and deletions are different.  As the rule for deletion is a
> lot simpler (i.e. you can always delete unless a configuration or
> pre-receive says otherwise), perhaps it would be sufficient to give
> the rules for deletion upfront in one section, and then start the
> section(s) for update with a phrase like "rules for accepting
> updates are follows" after that.